As I briefly mentioned on the forum I’m currently rewriting KeePassX from scratch.
The main motivation behind this is the old codebase of KeePassX 0.* that has become unmaintainable over the years and support for the KeePass 2 (.kdbx) file format.

The goal for now is to gain feature parity with KeePassX 0.4.3 but I also have some ideas for new features (think of it as a long term roadmap):

Auto-Type support for Mac OS X and Windows.
There is already an unofficial KeePassX version on the forum that supports auto-type on Mac OS X.
I don’t plan to make another 0.* release (especially not one with new features) so this will have to wait until KeePassX 2.

This rewrite will take time especially since I’m the only developer at the moment.
So don’t ask me about a release date or the status of these features.
There is no guarantee that they will be implemented.

If you are interested in getting involved with the KeePassX development, now would be the perfect time.
I won’t be able to implement all these features alone so please contact me, drop a message on the forum or visit the IRC channel #keepassx on irc.freenode.net.

Love this app. Now that development seems active again, would someone with an understanding of coding be willing to check out the project’s Gitorious page and let us know an estimate of how far we are from completion?

@Bob I’m no C programmer, but I have compiled his source and given it a test run. So far it looks like you can create a new database, add and edit new entries (but not delete), add and edit new groups (but not delete). Most of the dialogs seem to work, but are lacking in keybindings (ie: hitting enter will press OK, etc.). If you create a new database, you are not prompted to create a passkey for it. Instead, you have to manually change/set the master key by going to the change master key database menu item. If you don’t, you can’t save the database without the application crashing. Open functionality works now as well.

Overall, it’s pretty functional, albeit a work in progrees. However, given that debfx is recoding keepassx from the ground up, I’d say he’s doing a pretty great job. Props to ya debfx!

Been a long time user of Keepass and Keypass 2 (for Windows). Used it on Blackberry and also iPhone (Tried MyKeepass for a while but now using KyPass and enjoying the sync between devices/computers using Dropbox). Now I have a Mac and have stumbled across your project. Am loving it I must say.

Before moving to Mac/OS X from Windows a few years ago (and thank God I did I used KeePass 2 so I was happy to discover the existence of KeePassX (using .kdb instead of .kdbx is not a major issue for me – but off course I will upgrade to KeePassX 2 when the time comes).

With the database in Dropbox I access it from my two Macs using KeePassX and from iPhone/iPad using the KyPass app. Very peachy to always have access to your database.

Just donated some $$ to show my appreciation and in hope that this project will not be abandonded.

I use KeePassX and Keepass2 almost dayly, I think if you may consider use MD6 and other ciphers algorithms like the SHA3 in competence, almost as an option for cript. I think this cloud be very useful.

Very exciting news about the release of the Alpha version.
I’ve been using KeypassX for years and love it.

Is the new alpha version safe to use for everyday use now? Will a more stable beta be released soon? I’d love to test the alpha, but don’t dare to do so right now… just too busy- if it messed things up seriously I’d go nuts. hahaha

THANK you sooo much for all your efforts. I’ve tried ALL respectable password managers and this seems far the best (and not even tried the Alpha releases!).

The “Notes”/”Comments” sections of the passowords editing is fundamental to me. I need a large box plus basic editing capabilities (all there now, except TAB …you cannot TAB when editing, or it would simply move the cursor into another box/field). I use this section to log all relevant information about the login/account (es. which details I’ve registered with the service provider, what is the history of my postal addresses, other changes etc.etc.).

Import variety would need to be increase too. Today I had to import 44 logins manually with all notes etc.!!